My story would have stopped with the low growl, and the proceeding noise would have been my boots hitting the trail in the opposite direction. If I ever get chance to play cards with you, I'm out.
Very cool and big congrats.
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Laffin! Nah, you would do exactly what I did, try to figure out exactly what it was. There are just sooooo many predators in these NW MT woods, you just have to always have it the back of your mind you are gonna run into one, almost every time out.
I still went and slept out last night with my buddies. I did jerk awake once when I heard another growl, but it was just my friend snoring in his bag laying in the bear grass! So it definitely affected me a bit.
